Daniel Fast- Day 1

So tonight, light red beans with sautee'd onion, some garlic and cajun seasonings, on top of brown rice. It was actually really good!!!

So, an explanation

So the next three weeks, the food on here will be drastically different... It will be vegan... Why vegan, you ask? Well, I'll tell you!

My husband and I are joining our church in what is called the "Daniel fast." The fast is based off of a passage in the Bible:

Daniel 10:2, 3 “In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”

My husband and I will be fasting with our church from today through January 23rd. We consider this fast to be like our monetary tithe that we give to God with every paycheck. A tithe is basically 10% of your income, but we are called in the Bible to give the FIRST 10%, not the second or third. God wants the first fruits of our blessings. He should get it anyway, because without Him we wouldn't have been blessed!! So our church collectively decided to give up the first fruits of our year!

We are giving up meat, dairy, and all the fine foods (anything processed, like bleached flour, pasta that isn't whole grain, white rice, refined white sugar, etc). Those things aren't good for our bodies anyway, and yet in America they have taken control over our lives. We let our taste buds and desire for those fine things rule what we eat, and that shouldn't be how it works. So we are also taking control over what goes into our bodies and not letting our desires rule what we consume.

I am hoping that this fast will not only help us in the short-term but become a way of life in some aspects, like avoiding certain processed foods and limiting the intake of refined products that have no nutrients.


So, if you read all of that, you get a gold star!!! Thank you to my faithful readers, as you stick with me through this difficult 3 week span coming up! I don't know what I'm going to cook but here's hoping it's interesting!!!

New Years Eve party!

I didn't really have time to take more and better pictures!! Sorry they're so lame!!!

::A GREAT oven shot!!::

::The table decor and food::

I know I've failed you all :(

So I know the holidays have been rough and they're not about to ease up on me yet!! I promise I will be more regular in my food blogging in the future! For now, here are some tantalizing pictures (some more than others) to curb your appetite for more pictures!!

::Small Group Christmas party dinner::

Corn Casserole, Mac & Cheese, Homemade ham, Sweet Potato Casserole, Creamed Spinach, and Rice

::Yes, another lazy night at Moe's::

::Christmas at my parents::

::Green Bean Casserole::

::Prime Rib Roast::

::Quail::

::Crescent Rolls::

::My full plate::

::Rum cake!!!!!::

Agh!! I've failed!!! :)

So the past few nights have been really off! First we went out to eat sushi (which is the food below), then my husband made burgers, and tonight he made pan-fried chicken and mac & cheese! Sorry for the lack of posting! It will probably be this way until the Holidays end! My apologies to my fans ;)

::Have to start with a steaming bowl of Miso Soup::

::Pork Katsudon::

::The Uptown roll (yes, again) and a small tuna roll::

Roasted Chicken & Veggies

So I've had some interest in this recipe, so I figured I would post the details of how I cook it! I usually dice up around 3 small white potatoes, a medium sized yellow onion, one red bell pepper, and 2 chicken breasts. Pre-heat the oven to bake at 500 degrees. I put the potatoes in a bowl, pour a little olive oil over them, and season them (I use an Italian bread dip seasoning, but my favorite is Tony's Creole seasoning). I put them in my olive-oiled cast-iron Le Creuset pan, put them in the oven for 5 minutes, get them out and stir, then back in for another five minutes. Then I take the onion, pepper, and chicken, and oil and season them, and mix them in with the potatoes. All of this goes back in the oven for 5 minutes, then I stir it again and add a little extra seasoning to top it off, and back in for another 5 and they're done!

Creamy Parmesan Pasta & Salad

So 6 o'clock came around a lot quicker than I was ready for! I didn't have time to thaw any chicken for my famous roasted chicken & veggies (which I will hopefully do tomorrow), so I panicked! Fortunately I'd bought a box of Pasta Roni and cooked it up with some extra milk and pasta to stretch it, then whipped up a quick salad with some spring greens, and voila, dinner is served!!